Then there is the opportunity to reaffirm support for guns at all places at all times. Each Republican seeks to out do the other in that respect. It is like a fun game.

Then you have with each incident the desensitizing of people to terrible acts of killing. The next shooter must kill even more to get attention. Who will be up to the challenge?

That lone shooter with a big gun--What a test of self-reliance.

The death is a rush. It fuels the fantasy--to the extent it is not a real plan--of shooting libtards, foreigners and folks of color.

And finally, there is the jackpot that it could happen to you.

It is satisfying to degrade yourself with political ideologies based on hatred of others.

It is even more of a personal relief to mutilate yourself through support of terrible public policies so long as the people you hate are hurt as well.

But to be willing to risk the self-negation of death as the consequence of actively seeking a fully depraved and violent society? Oh! Nothing could better satisfy the need to establish loyalty to Trump.

Why does anybody think that people who love these shootings will do anything to stop them?

Rather than waiting for the city to post signs regarding the fact that the rich always have their hands out for tax breaks and giveaways to big business, I did it myself today here in Houston at San Felipe & the 610 feeder road near the Galleria.

These activists have taken the lead in political mobilization in the Houston area in terms of opposing Trump & in looking hopefully ahead to better public policy.

Just showing up is a big part of fighting back and moving forward.

Please consider your course in the fights and victories ahead. Consider what works for you given your concerns and your circumstances in life. Everybody can do something. The work of freedom is up to each of us.

On the left are Houston police officers addressing the issue of size of the sticks on the big banner in the photo as a violation of a City of Houston ordinance regarding sticks at protests. The police officers issued a warning.

This was at a protest yesterday at the Houston office of Senator John Cornyn in support of the Dreamers.

On the right is a gentleman at a Houston protest in 2017 who had with him a giant gun. This is fully legal.

This was at a protest against Confederate statue in a Houston city park.